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Feb 15, 2010 (newstodate): SAS Airmail saw its mail volumes in 2009 almost unchanged against 2008 - at around 15,000 tonnes.
A business unit of SAS Cargo, SAS Airmail with 12 staff headed by Michael Thomasen is focusing on selling the capacity on SAS' passenger aircraft to postal customers, but is also successful in market not served by SAS.
-We are especially happy with our contract with USPS, also comprising mail on certain routes between USA and South America by other carriers. This is facilitated by our contracts with sub-suppliers, but SAS Airmail guarantees for quality which is the prime parameter.
-We are participating in several fora and organizations concerning global air mail issues, proving our long-term commitment to this market and this is probably behind the fact that our actual market position is stronger than warranted by our factual company size.
-These years especially, may carriers are seeking air mail business to compensate for the shortfall of cargo, so competition is strong also in rates. Postal customers, however, are rather seeking longer-term relations with providers to safeguard their national service obligations.
-We have thus seen an increase in the US market's share of our total production beyond the earlier 30 percent, while Europe and the Far East each account for 20 percent, to name the single largest markets.
-Letter mail has clearly decreased over the recent years due to the electronic mail systems, but at the same time the rising volumes of mail shipments by trade on the internet are more than compensating for this - and there the largest driver is of course the US market, says Mr Thomasen.
Based on these assumptions, SAS Airmail expects volumes in 2010 to end up around the same volume as in 2009.
A business unit of SAS Cargo, SAS Airmail with 12 staff headed by Michael Thomasen is focusing on selling the capacity on SAS' passenger aircraft to postal customers, but is also successful in market not served by SAS.
-We are especially happy with our contract with USPS, also comprising mail on certain routes between USA and South America by other carriers. This is facilitated by our contracts with sub-suppliers, but SAS Airmail guarantees for quality which is the prime parameter.
-We are participating in several fora and organizations concerning global air mail issues, proving our long-term commitment to this market and this is probably behind the fact that our actual market position is stronger than warranted by our factual company size.
-These years especially, may carriers are seeking air mail business to compensate for the shortfall of cargo, so competition is strong also in rates. Postal customers, however, are rather seeking longer-term relations with providers to safeguard their national service obligations.
-We have thus seen an increase in the US market's share of our total production beyond the earlier 30 percent, while Europe and the Far East each account for 20 percent, to name the single largest markets.
-Letter mail has clearly decreased over the recent years due to the electronic mail systems, but at the same time the rising volumes of mail shipments by trade on the internet are more than compensating for this - and there the largest driver is of course the US market, says Mr Thomasen.
Based on these assumptions, SAS Airmail expects volumes in 2010 to end up around the same volume as in 2009.